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one home only to let you have a hand in killing it." Instead of kill- 

 ing the bear at once they plagued and tormented it. , When they had 

 killed it the man was well pleased and told them that was the way 

 they must do thereafter. 



The next day, as usual, the man when starting off cautioned the 

 boys not to go far from the lodge, for if they did they would meet 

 with trouble. But they were so anxious to see the place where they 

 had been the day befoi'e that he was scarcely out of sight when they 

 started off'. They found that the river of land flowed on the same as 

 it had the day before, the only difference being that it was running 

 more rapidly. They resolved as they saw the animals riding on it 

 that they would do likewise. The younger boy rode some distance 

 on the land stream (it was dry land, but moving just like a river; 

 it was not wide, for a person could jump across it). When the boy 

 came back he said to the other, " Go and try it ; it is great fun." 

 " Well, go with me," replied the other. They tried it together. It 

 was like sliding down hill; instead of stepping off the "river of 

 land" they would fall over on the land that was not in motion, and 

 then they would get up again. The smaller boy said, " Let us con- 

 tinue on this stream as far as it goes." The other agreed to this. 

 It was necessary that they should be always of one mind. The 

 smaller one said, " You go ahead." "All right," replied the other. 

 He ran on the stream and the other followed. They were having a 

 good time, as they could hear each other shout and laugh. After 

 going some distance the younger one decided to get off" and run 

 back, so he called out to the other, "tl will go back but will come 

 down again." It seemed to them exactly like sliding down hill; it 

 was fun to run upstream as well as ride down. As the younger one 

 got on again to go down, his companion passed him, running up. 

 It seemed that they were going faster this time, and when both were 

 on again, one called out to the other, " Let us go as far as we can." 

 Soon they came to a place where everything seemed to be passing in 

 at a doorway. The boy behind saw his companion go in at the door- 

 way on the stream of land, and he thought it was great sport. At 

 that moment he heard a noise from within which sounded as though 

 some one had killed his friend ; then he too went in at the doorway, 

 only to find that it was a place to snare game, and that no one could 

 get off after he had gone so far. All the game went of their own 

 volition, even as they themselves had gone. The instant the elder 

 entered the doorway the man of the lodge hit him on the head with a 

 hammer, killing him. Both boys were now dead. 



Two Genonsgwa lived in this lodge, and it was through their great 

 orenda (magic power) that everything was drawn to them. One of 

 the two said to the other, " Hai ! now we will have something to eat," 

 and running splints thi'ough the bodies of the boys, each took one to 



